A third of acquired game studios have closed since 2000, and Arkane Lyon could be next
French game developer union accuses Microsoft of sabotaging Arkane
Cheap Android TV boxes came with malware, and Google says the manufacturer was behind it
Botnet backdoor spanned over 1.3 million devices across the US, Europe, and Asia
TeamGroup warns the memory shortage has not reached its peak yet
RAM maker's profits are up 50%, but its CEO says the 'worst' is yet to come
Facepalm: Major memory manufacturers have repeatedly warned shareholders that the memory industry faces many more years of chaos and high prices. Now even smaller players such as TeamGroup are sounding the same alarm, saying conditions will soon turn brutal for both pricing and availability.
Microsoft Office is down to $27 for a lifetime license
TL;DR: If you're looking for a powerful productivity suite without paying for any monthly subscriptions, Office is now available for just $27. All the essentials you need for work or personal projects at 85% off the regular price.
Stuffing an Xbox inside an alligator is the most Florida way ever to promote GTA VI
An alligator ate my Xbox
US export restrictions on China threaten SK Hynix's plans to build $45 billion worth of chip plants in New York
Commerce hasn't approved the equipment SK Hynix needs to fill an empty cleanroom at its China NAND fab
Remote Mouse turns your smartphone into a handy PC remote
Remote Mouse turns your phone into a wireless mouse, keyboard, and trackpad for your PC or Mac. The latest update adds the ability to view running apps and currently playing media directly from your phone, but the new feature is currently exclusive to macOS.
Microsoft's AI PC roadmap shows where Ryzen AI 500 and Intel Nova Lake fit into Windows
A leaked Microsoft slide sorts Windows PCs into AI tiers by RAM
Microsoft is giving away 25 Xbox games worth over $500 with new Windows PCs and handhelds
From Doom and Halo to Skyrim and Fallout, the bundle spans decades of Xbox history
Apple says it won't merge macOS and iPadOS, despite years of making them increasingly similar
iPads and Macs now share almost everything except macOS's open software platform
Six humanoid robots worked a 24-hour shift at a convenience store, but two weren't good enough to keep their jobs
Even robots aren't safe from disappointing their managers
AMD posts record $13.4 billion revenue as AI boom fuels growth, but gaming sales are down 40%
AMD is winning big from the same AI boom that's hurting its gaming customers
Microsoft says Windows is now 20% more responsive and 40% faster at multitasking on 8GB PCs
As RAM prices soar, Microsoft is trying to make 8GB PCs usable again
The Art and History of the Video Game Parry
From early fencing games and arcade fighters to Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Clair Obscur, the parry has turned a moment of defense into one of gaming's most satisfying attacks.
Bloodborne reportedly sold more than 250,000 copies in 2026, 11 years after launch and with no patch since 2015
No wonder PC gamers still want a Bloodborne port
Google says schools that ban AI will also lose search
Google's education VP says Search and AI are now "deeply integrated"
Cutting corners: Google executives appear hell-bent on their effort to turn AI into a real business opportunity, even if the effort ends up undermining the company's revenue streams. This latest move looks like an attempt to push Gemini use among students and educational staff, potentially at the expense of rivals such as ChatGPT, which arguably have more mindshare and mainstream adoption at the moment.
Anthropic tells Claude Code to stop recreating existing video games
AI made game decompilation easy, and now the tool makers are drawing a line
Vizio smart TVs are ignoring tracking opt-outs, continue to send data even when sitting idle
The toggle doesn't seem to change anything
Borderlands is now a 100 million-copy franchise, and Gearbox isn't done yet
Gearbox calls 100 million rare for a game series, and outside a handful of giants
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THAT WILL DO
OpenAI's plan to make data centers less hated: Rename them "compute campuses"
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AI BOOM
Anthropic's IPO filing reveals $1.7 billion quarterly personnel bill, averaging $107,000 per employee monthly
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WTF
Dating in Silicon Valley now involves spreadsheets, AI, and $5,000/mo relationship coaches
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IT CAN RUN CRYSIS
Intel's long-lost Larrabee GPU turns up in storage unit with working drivers
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HACKING
Digital billboards across the globe hacked to show p0rn
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WTF
Sam Altman says it's "terrible" for RAM to sit inside PCs instead of data centers
What does "Wi-Fi" stand for?
What do the letters in "Wi-Fi" stand for? Don't Google it.
Dating in Silicon Valley now involves spreadsheets, AI analysis, and $5,000-a-month relationship coaches
Matches are "top of funnel," and dates are the "conversion rate"
Pope Leo XIV urges governments to ban lethal AI weapons, says tech must be used for common good
The pontiff also spoke out against granting legal personhood to AI
Board makers are running out of GeForce RTX 50 GPUs, so distributors are pushing old RTX 3060s instead
The older cards aren't getting any cheaper, though
Squarespace cuts 19% of jobs, CEO admits the technology behind its business has changed enormously
AI wasn't mentioned as a reason, but it's difficult to ignore the elephant in the room
AMD's Zen 7 "Grimlock" APUs with RDNA 5+ graphics may not arrive until 2029
Possibly trailing Sony's RDNA 5 handheld by more than a year
Reddit tells Australian court it isn't a social media site, calls the country's under-16 ban "ill thought out" and "inept"
Reddit says the law is unconstitutional, ineffective, and targets the wrong platforms
CentOS co-founder creates a Linux-compatible kernel in just 11 days, with AI doing almost all the coding
The 139,000 lines of code can already boot Rocky Linux 10
Anthropic's IPO filing reveals $1.7 billion quarterly personnel bill, averaging $107,000 per employee monthly
The vast majority of that money isn't actually landing in employees' bank accounts
Refrigerator cyberattack spreads to many European countries, spoiling food worth thousands
Internet-accessible supermarket refrigerator management portals still use default login credentials
What we know so far: Last month's cyberattack on French grocery store refrigerators became an expensive reminder of the risks of relying on the Internet of Things for critical infrastructure. New attacks this week show that several European countries face the same vulnerabilities, with lax security practices and obsolete systems the likely culprits.
Most users can now upgrade to Windows 11 26H2, even from Windows 10
This is your daily reminder that you can still get the latest Windows experience for free
The 22GB GeForce RTX 2080 Ti mod is a fix for a problem most gamers don't have
It's a big win in some 4K and AI tests, with a few catches
Forget hobby drones: College student builds 491 mph jet-powered speed demon
The drone can reach a top speed of 491 mph
NASA's Swift Space Telescope is set to crash back to Earth this week
What goes up must eventually come down
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